Back to the Future (1985)

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Wikidata Q91540, film, IMDb tt0088763, TMDB 105: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Michael J. Fox as actor (‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips!); 8 more episodes agree.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

In the store as #570, Back to the Future (1985).

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Teen Wolf: 2 lines unmapped ×1 programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Back to the Future → Teen Wolf. Michael J. Fox held the top two spots at the box office in 1985.
    “He's number one and 2 at the box office.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 1:26:31 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Eric Stoltz: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Eric Stoltz → Back to the Future. Stoltz was the original Marty before being knocked out for Michael J. Fox.
    “Yeah, because back to the future was that was going to be the one and then they knocked him out for Michael J. Fox.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:24:17 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (year context): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Back to the Future. Hughes has the biggest cultural footprint of 80s directors, involved in five of the fifteen biggest 80s movies, plus Home Alone.
    “out of the 15 biggest 80s movies. I think he was involved in five.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:36:21 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Flesh and Blood: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Flesh and Blood → Back to the Future. Flesh+Blood opened Labor Day weekend 1985 when Back to the Future was number one.
    “Back to the future?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 1:25:59 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Matthew Broderick: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (casting what-if): Matthew Broderick → Back to the Future. If Broderick took Family Ties, would Michael J. Fox have played Ferris and Broderick Marty McFly.
    “if Matthew Broderick's in family ties, does that mean he's then in back to the future? and Michael J. Fox's Ferris Bueller?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:09:57 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Old School: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (location reuse): Old School → Back to the Future. The house used as the frat house in Pasadena also appeared in Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II, and Teen Wolf.
    “It's been used for 3 Michael J. Fox movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:45:01 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Resident Evil: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (performance comp): Resident Evil → Back to the Future. Abrams's quality recalls Michael J. Fox's in a non-horror film.
    “Now Back to the Future is not a horror movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 0:29:57 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Fabelmans: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (period look): The Fabelmans → Back to the Future. The prom set full of extras looked like Back to the Future.
    “And it looked like back to the future.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 0:16:01 · James Urbaniak (0.80 sure it was them)

Zodiac: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (personal canon): Zodiac → Back to the Future. Both are on Leslye's four-film Mount Rushmore.
    “It's Zodiac, the Shining, back to the future, the apartment.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:04:09 · Leslye Headland (0.90 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

people (1)

  1. people (performance comp): Resident Evil → Back to the Future. Abrams's quality recalls Michael J. Fox's in a non-horror film.
    “Now Back to the Future is not a horror movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 0:29:57 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

programming (2)

  1. programming (programming): Flesh and Blood → Back to the Future. Flesh+Blood opened Labor Day weekend 1985 when Back to the Future was number one.
    “Back to the future?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 1:25:59 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): Back to the Future → Teen Wolf. Michael J. Fox held the top two spots at the box office in 1985.
    “He's number one and 2 at the box office.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 1:26:31 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (location reuse): Old School → Back to the Future. The house used as the frat house in Pasadena also appeared in Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II, and Teen Wolf.
    “It's been used for 3 Michael J. Fox movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:45:01 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. theme (personal canon): Zodiac → Back to the Future. Both are on Leslye's four-film Mount Rushmore.
    “It's Zodiac, the Shining, back to the future, the apartment.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:04:09 · Leslye Headland (0.90 sure it was them)

unmapped (3)

  1. unmapped (shared star): Teen Wolf → Back to the Future. Michael J. Fox held the number one and two spots at the 1985 box office.
    “Michael J. Fox is one and two.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 2:17:34 · unknown host (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (period look): The Fabelmans → Back to the Future. The prom set full of extras looked like Back to the Future.
    “And it looked like back to the future.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 0:16:01 · James Urbaniak (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (year context): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Back to the Future. Hughes has the biggest cultural footprint of 80s directors, involved in five of the fifteen biggest 80s movies, plus Home Alone.
    “out of the 15 biggest 80s movies. I think he was involved in five.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:36:21 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): Eric Stoltz → Back to the Future. Stoltz was the original Marty before being knocked out for Michael J. Fox.
    “Yeah, because back to the future was that was going to be the one and then they knocked him out for Michael J. Fox.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:24:17 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (casting what-if): Matthew Broderick → Back to the Future. If Broderick took Family Ties, would Michael J. Fox have played Ferris and Broderick Marty McFly.
    “if Matthew Broderick's in family ties, does that mean he's then in back to the future? and Michael J. Fox's Ferris Bueller?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:09:57 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

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Who the speakers said made it

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